Vosa.... fine on break

[shade]

Not sure how it all added up,but I know one of our planners told a night lad to come straight back to our yard and leave going into another depot to drop stuff off as the lad had done according to the planner done 21 hrs ,I’m assuming he included travelling to work and back in that,but not sure still how he got to 21 hrs,I know where the lad lives and its about a hour from the yard ,so 15 hrs and his 1 hr travelling comes to 16 hrs not 21 hrs,but there must of been something in it as normally planners just interested in getting job done not how many hours you’ve done,it maybe perfectly legal to do 21 hrs(assuming he’s telling us right) if your travelling to works included but its bloody stupid if you ask me,lads got a hour to travel home at end of shift after all those hours ,easily fall asleep.

Where do you work Dozy ? I have a feeling you may be working for Walter Mitty Haulage

Say hi to Ady and Mo

[truckulent]

ROG:
legally possible but realistically not likely

True. But if you can legally ‘dispose of your time as you wish’ what if you ‘wish’ to read the delivery note?

[bigr250]

To those who don’t believe the stories about getting knicked for cleaning your mirrors whilst on a break, pull over into a lay-by, stick your handbreak on and phone the missus/bit on the side/boss & ‘hey-presto’!!! points & a nice fine for use of a mobile whilst ‘in control of a vehicle’.

Don’t believe me?

Like I could give a toss!!

Ross.

[wirralpete]

i would happily go to court and explain to the judge that i was cleaning my cab due to my ocd condition. i cant have dirt in the immediate area. As this is a mental condition i feel the prosecuting officer is punishing me for my mental state which surely goes against my human rights…

or dont worry about i till it happens…

[taffytrucker]

wirralpete:
i would happily go to court and explain to the judge that i was cleaning my cab due to my ocd condition. i cant have dirt in the immediate area. As this is a mental condition i feel the prosecuting officer is punishing me for my mental state which surely goes against my human rights…

or dont worry about i till it happens…

I’m not worried bout it not have to take a break over here if not want to

[wheel_nut]

bigr250:
To those who don’t believe the stories about getting knicked for cleaning your mirrors whilst on a break, pull over into a lay-by, stick your handbreak on and phone the missus/bit on the side/boss & ‘hey-presto’!!! points & a nice fine for use of a mobile whilst ‘in control of a vehicle’.

Don’t believe me?

Like I could give a toss!!

Ross.

Aye mobile phones, apples and kitkats come under a different law

[contraflow]

Truckulent:
But if you can legally ‘dispose of your time as you wish’ what if you ‘wish’ to read the delivery note?

+1

…and what if you wish to pump truck 26 pallets off the back?

[the_maoster]

Ched:

the maoster:
Absolute bollox and rubbish.

I do however predict at least two pages of stuff bearing absolutely no relation whatsoever to the OP.

What numbers should I choose for this weekends lotto?

Page 3! Do you really trust me to give you your numbers?

[james_bateman2]

taffytrucker:

wirralpete:
i would happily go to court and explain to the judge that i was cleaning my cab due to my ocd condition. i cant have dirt in the immediate area. As this is a mental condition i feel the prosecuting officer is punishing me for my mental state which surely goes against my human rights…

or dont worry about i till it happens…

I’m not worried bout it not have to take a break over here if not want to

So you can drive for x amount of hours without a break over there then Taffy ?

[taffytrucker]

James Bateman2:

taffytrucker:

wirralpete:
i would happily go to court and explain to the judge that i was cleaning my cab due to my ocd condition. i cant have dirt in the immediate area. As this is a mental condition i feel the prosecuting officer is punishing me for my mental state which surely goes against my human rights…

or dont worry about i till it happens…

I’m not worried bout it not have to take a break over here if not want to

So you can drive for x amount of hours without a break over there then Taffy ?

Yep 11 hrs in US and 13 in Canada but they are looking at bringing in that you have to take a 30 min break after 8 hrs

[bigr250]

taffytrucker:
Yep 11 hrs in US and 13 in Canada but they are looking at bringing in that you have to take a 30 min break after 8 hrs

Safety first eh?

Ross.

[james_bateman2]

taffytrucker:

James Bateman2:

taffytrucker:

wirralpete:
i would happily go to court and explain to the judge that i was cleaning my cab due to my ocd condition. i cant have dirt in the immediate area. As this is a mental condition i feel the prosecuting officer is punishing me for my mental state which surely goes against my human rights…

or dont worry about i till it happens…

I’m not worried bout it not have to take a break over here if not want to

So you can drive for x amount of hours without a break over there then Taffy ?

Yep 11 hrs in US and 13 in Canada but they are looking at bringing in that you have to take a 30 min break after 8 hrs

Nice one,that’s how it should be.

[taffytrucker]

lol none of this stop after 4 1/2 hrs ■■■■■

[deeireland]

I was fined for getting into the drivers seat while on break,but the biscuits were in the door and I had no shoes on to walk round ,still done me

[bigtruck]

What is tossing one off over the knuckle classed as? Rest? Other work? Discuss!

[tango_boy]

bigtruck:
What is tossing one off over the knuckle classed as? Rest? Other work? Discuss!

Bone idleness in my book

[thebear]

Darb:
I was chatting to another driver a few nights ago and he informed me that a guy from his firm got pulled and they found nothing wrong with his tachos or his wagon, so they fined him for leaving his spare pair of glasses at home.

Actually this isn’t far from fact. As someone who wears glasses, I know that either here or in Europe it is illegal NOT to carry a spare pair with you when driving a truck. Cannot remember the exact details